ABORTION

noun Date: 1547 the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: as, spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation, induced expulsion of a human fetus, expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy, monstrosity , arrest of development (as of a part or process) resulting in imperfection